NEW YORK, NY -- 03/11/08 --
iWay Software, an Information Builders company
and an innovator of
enterprise
integration solutions, today announced that it will sell more than 35
iWay adapters developed on and built for IBM WebSphere technology. This
offering opens tremendous market opportunity for iWay Software and extends
IBM's connectivity ecosystem offering customers additional cost-effective
application integration options by delivering consistent adapter technology
based on IBM's WebSphere Adapter Toolkit.
iWay Software's adapters accelerate business integration by providing a
foundation for business agility with a low cost of entry and full project
reusability. Simply assembled and configured off-the-shelf components allow
for rapid data access and application integration without lengthy custom
coding or expensive systems overhauls and allow for implementation of
mission-critical applications without costly delays. iWay Software's
integration adapters also open doors to a service-oriented architecture (SOA) and for
Web-enabling applications.
"Information Builders and iWay Software continue to innovate and sell
solutions that fill a void in the market and greatly further the business
objectives of our customer base," said John Senor, president of iWay
Software. "This offering will allow organizations to make IT
infrastructures more agile, responsive, and resilient to business change by
removing technical barriers to accessing data."
The iWay Universal Adapter Suite for IBM middleware, which
initially includes 35 adapters, will enable unparalleled connectivity for
industry leading applications to IBM's middleware offerings. Adapters for
the following applications are included:
-- Amdocs
-- Ariba
-- Baan
-- Broadvision
-- Clarify
-- Documentum
-- i2
-- Lawson
-- Manugistics
-- MFG/PRO
-- Microsoft
-- Retek
-- Tibco
-- And more
In conjunction with this announcement, iWay Software has agreed to provide
an adapter suite expressly for the IBM WebSphere 6.1 product line,
including WebSphere ESB and WebSphere Process Server. The custom suite will
be generally available in the first quarter of 2008.
"iWay's commitment to build and sell adapters built using IBM's WebSphere
Adapter Toolkit and promoted via the SOA Business Catalog provides
customers with a broad range of choices to connect their mission critical
applications to WebSphere's leading middleware. Customers who leverage
these solutions will be able to reuse their existing assets and enhance the
connectivity and integration of their organization," said John Gordon,
director of channel marketing, IBM SOA and WebSphere, IBM.
About IBM
For more information about IBM, visit www.ibm.com/soa
About iWay Software
iWay Software's integration methodology is simple: We use a single,
integrated set of graphical design tools to assemble powerful pre-built
integration components for enterprise-class B2B, A2A, or B2B2A integration
scenarios -- without the use of custom code. Integration configurations are
deployed to run-time execution engines that can be deployed in a standalone
manner to any environment supporting a JVM -- including Web Application
Servers from any vendor. We deliver the fastest, most cost-effective, and
simplest way to integrate and streamline critical business processes. iWay
Software's vendor, platform, and protocol-neutral integration solutions
achieve the promise of SOA: true reusability. For more information visit
www.iwaysoftware.com.
About Information Builders
Information Builders award-winning combination of business intelligence and
enterprise integration software has been providing innovative solutions to
more than 12,000 customers for the past 30 years. WebFOCUS is the world's
most widely utilized business intelligence platform. It provides the
security, scalability, and flexibility needed at every level of global
extended enterprises. Its simplicity helps create executive, analytical,
and operational applications that reach dozens to millions of users.
Information Builders iWay Software suite provides state-of-the-art,
multi-purpose, pre-built integration components that address all SOA, application, data, and information management
requirements. Its integration adapters have been adopted by the leading
software platform providers. Together, these products give Information
Builders customers the ability to live up to the company motto: "Your
business. No barriers."
Information Builders award-winning technology has successfully provided
quality software and superior services to more than 12,000 customers,
including most of the Fortune 100 and U.S. federal government agencies.
Headquartered in New York City with 90 offices worldwide, the company
employs 1,450 people and has more than 350 business partners. For more
information visit www.informationbuilders.com.
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